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Show j GENTER.EILLE . I I HISTORICAL SOCIETY f v.1Ft"fii i-.?' f? iw-ftT7; i r.V. .i c-o:x, (T..r-M v -.v.- t .v. .r- x .y- t-c-.v.-i -.y.-- j j- I i'. - 7 i t 7 t I i i V.V .. ' X -V I X . 7 - 7 - I f H ? ' V. 'V 3 , k ; , . . ' : ' I I ' '' - ' ' - 1 - - -m ' "'"i- : "-41 ' A" 0 "-'1 , , " T k - ft v ". ' w -s-'Ji 'pf '? ' f If 1 ORRiN HARLEY RANDALL Later they built a two-story adobe home on West Temple just north of the Temple block in Salt Lake City. This home was the birthplace of Orrin, his brother Melvin, and his three sisters, Mary Elizabeth, . Thurza Amelia, and Mary Ellen. His mother was the second of five wives of Alfred Randall. Food was very scarce at times during the first few years. It was necessary for them to dig sego lily roots to eat, and at one time they were without flour for three weeks. The children spent much of their . time lying on the floor, not having enough energy even to play. When Orrin was 12 years old his father bought a home in Centervil-le, Centervil-le, and moved Margaret and her family there. It was a two-story adobe home. There were apple, and apricottrees and red and black currant cur-rant bushes. Here two more girls were born, Alice and Emily. Orrin's mother was a very devoted de-voted member of the Church, so her family had a good religious background. Clothing was very difficult dif-ficult to get, so she made the children chil-dren shoes from canvas. Orrin had very little schooling. He had to work hard on the farm, but he was very interested in community activities. acti-vities. In 1872 a young men's club was organized. He helped build a rock building, known then as 'The Young Men's Hall' and it was used as a meeting place for study, debates de-bates and as a library. This club was later merged into the MIA. The building still stands, but has been remodeled into a home many years ago. It is located at 85 S. 300 E. and is owned and occupied by Ruth Tingey. Orrin and Addie were parents of eight children, Orrin LeRoy, John W., Alfred W., Harold W., Adare-na, Adare-na, Julia, Rachel and Camilla. About 1887, the Randalls and Parrishes bought a ranch in Cottonwood Cotton-wood Canyon in Morgan County. There they milked cows and made cheese, cooking the milk in a vat set in another larger vat of boiling water which was heated by a wood fire. The next meeting of the Center-ville Center-ville Historical Society will be Wednesday, Nov. 16. By VES HARRISON On Wednesday, the Centerville Historical Society heard about Orrin Harley and Melvin Harley Randall, sons of Alfred Jason and Margaret Harley Randall. Orrin's grandson, Thomas Eugene Randall, told of Orrin's life as it was recorded many years ago by Orrin's daughter, Camilla R. Boulton. Because it was written in the past, certain changes have since taken place, and we are taking tak-ing the liberty of bringing a few things up to date. Tom led off with a brief account of his grandmother, Julia Adarena Woolley, born April 18, 1859 to John W. and Julia Woolley in Salt Lake City. When she was three years old her parents moved to Centerville: They purchased "the. Charles C. Rich home in the west part of town near the Union Pacific Railroad tracks. This home stood and was occupied until a few years ago. It was finally dismantled and part of it moved to the State Park in Salt Lake City, where it is now a one-story three-room adobe building. build-ing. Many people, including family members, feel the home in the park is hardly representative of the old two-story Woolley home. Julia Adarena "Addie" attended local schools and B.H. Roberts was her teacher one year (and boyfriend, too). Even though she had to walk some distance she attended all church and social activities acti-vities in the community. Addie was the eldest girl in the family. The Nathan Porter family was, their nearest neighbors, so the Woolley and Porter girls became very good friends. On March 12, 1877 she married Orrin Harley Randall, also of Centerville. Cen-terville. They made their home Tfiire for most of their married life i'Jcept for a few years spent living in Morgan County. They built a four-room rock home. There was an open well near the back door, and water was drawn from it with two buckets on a pulley. The well has since been filled in. Later, a kitchen, bathroom and bedroom were added. The home still stands at 322 E. 400 S., and is occupied by their son Alfred W. Randall's widow, Ada. Orrin was born Jan. 11, 1850 in Salt Lake City. His parents were early pioneers who came to Utah in 1848. They spent the first winter at North Canyon in Bountiful where water was available, and also time in a dugout on the Jordan River. |
